10 Facts About Verbier

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Verbier is a village located in south-western Switzerland in the canton of Valais.

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Verbier is located in the municipality of Val de Bagnes in the Swiss canton of Valais.

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Verbier has a newly founded school as of January 2021 called Copperfield Verbier, in Le Hameau.

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4.

Verbier has been an Alpine resort with guests from European countries since the early 20th century.

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5.

Verbier has only one access road which starts in the town of Le Chable.

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Verbier is around 2 hours' drive from Geneva, 1 hour from Chamonix and 1 hour from Aosta .

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Verbier is one of only a few resorts to contain a mountain with no pistes coming down it .

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8.

Verbier is a stop on the most commonly taken route by skiers of the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt.

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9.

Every summer, the Verbier Festival takes place, featuring seventeen days of musical performances at the invitation of founder Martin Engstrom.

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10.

Verbier is a popular holiday destination for celebrities and royalty, including The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Sarah, Duchess of York and her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, James Blunt, Diana Ross, Lawrence Dallaglio, Richard Branson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark.

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